Cranach the ElderKronach 1472 – Weimar 1553
Articles
What can one learn from the single fragment of a larger painting? A lot, if you look.
Cranach’s Cupid (c.1530)
Cranach saw a resemblance in someone else's work and made it his own, a common practice in poetic art
Cranach’s Form of the Body of ...Jesus (1553)
See how Cranach represents himself as an evil man executing "his painting" of spiritual perfection.
Cranach’s Martryrdom of St. Barbara
EPPH Blog Posts on Cranach the Elder
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